StringExt

String utils for accented and special chars

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'string_ext'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install string_ext

StringExt.downcase 'ÁÉÍÓÚÑ' # => 'áéíóúñ'
StringExt.upcase 'áéíóúñ' # => 'ÁÉÍÓÚÑ'
StringExt.unaccented 'áÉíÓú' # => 'aEiOu'

include StringExt
downcase 'ÁÉÍÓÚÑ' # => 'áéíóúñ'
upcase 'áéíóúñ' # => 'ÁÉÍÓÚÑ'
unaccented 'áÉíÓú' # => 'aEiOu'

module MyModule
  extend StringExt
  downcase 'ÁÉÍÓÚÑ' # => 'áéíóúñ'
  upcase 'áéíóúñ' # => 'ÁÉÍÓÚÑ'
  unaccented 'áÉíÓú' # => 'aEiOu'
end

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/gabynaiman/string_ext.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.